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{Tanushree Sarkar likes to read, write, make friends with cats (okay, also dogs) and tiny humans, and try her hands at different ways of making art. She teaches at the University of Missouri. Vivek Vellanki likes to look at photographs, make photographs, and think about how photographs shape our understanding of the world and each other. He teaches at Indiana University, Bloomington.} How do children think about their own abilities? How do they learn whether they are smart or

Aaina Issue #1 {Ragini has been working in schools for the past few years and loves exploring ideas using music, children's literature, and writing with her students. Presently she is pursuing a PhD from Ambedkar University Delhi} What may we hope for? Or why hope in the first place? These are questions I often find myself thinking about as a teacher. The pervasive hopelessness of the historical moment we find ourselves in—surviving in an unpredictable world that is terribly